Sports News June 2010

Kadau Names Kurukuru Futsal Squad
National Futsal Team Head Coach, Dickson Kadau, has released the names of the 12 players who will be travelling to Fiji for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Futsal Championship. His announcement comes as the team goes through the final preparations before heading for the regional championships which kicks off on August 9th in Suva, Fiji. A 16 man squad was... more
Taro Arrives in South Africa for 2010 World Cup
Solomon Island's very first FIFA World Cup referee, Matthew Taro, has arrived in South Africa ahead of the start of the biggest sporting event of the year on June 11. An email from Taro to the SIFF Media Office yesterday said that the two other Oceania Football Confederation referee arrived in South Africa last Wednesday and are now camping at the FIFA referees headquarters for... more
Vella Ultimate Sports Gets Kick Start from Australia
The Australian High Commissioner, Frank Ingruber, this week handed over the final sports grant funding awarded to Solomon Islands' sporting associations under the Australian Sports Outreach Program 2009-2010. Mr Ingruber presented a cheque for more than SBD30,000 to Vella Ultimate Sports Association Chairman, Mr Tome Ladomea, to support soccer, netball and volleyball... more
Solomon Islander to Play Aussie Rules
Solomon Islands first national representative in Aussie Rules football will travel to Australia next month to compete in the Australian Rules National Championships. Eighteen year old Freddie Unu-Felix has been selected to represent Oceania in the competition and will play alongside representatives from across the South-Pacific. Special coordinator for RAMSI, Graeme Wilson, has been working towards developing Aussie Rules in Solomon Islands since his... more
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UNESCO: the hundredth anniversary of the death of Ludwik Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto
By MARTIN SCHÄFFER Germany
Laparoscopic (Key-Hole) surgery arrives at Gizo in time for Easter
By DR GARY MCKAY Australia
Book launch - 'Redeeming Moti
By DR SUSAN MERRELL Australia

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